The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-01-07
OUR VISIT TO SHEFFIELD.
THE SOUTHERN CRAZE.

W CAIoHu our WISH 10 sue meIu, Al
bam-the magic city on paper thi
is turning the heads of so maj
Southern people. 1t is in Colbe
county. just across the Tennessee
river from Florence. The tow
proper, as plated by the Sheffiel
Land Company, ver $500 acre
of beautiful and gently undulatin
plateau-a hundred feet above th
river. In 1918 Gen. Andrew JacE
son crossed the river here Oh hi
New Orleans march, and the plac
offered such exceptional advant
ages as IA town site, that he bough
it, plated it and determined t,
build u town thereon. The enter
prise, however, went no further
In 1868 the Confederates made 8
stand 18th a battery aud drove th'
Federal gHnboats back from Flor
ence. At that time the place wa,
admired as IL town site, and the
soldiers spoke of the roads as
"ayenues' and "streets."
On the south side there is a splen.
did natural wharf-frontage on the
river with an easy grade of solid
limestone. 1t is said that the site
of Sheffield, if sold at the prices
that have beer obtained, will bring
$19,G690,00O. The natural advant-
ages of the location are very good,
and in time a large city may owe
what is now an old red-clay field,
but 10 our opinion, it is not in the
near future. A few houses dotted
here and there does not present
4 very pleasing appearance ; and,
Judging from the number of them
We would say the town contained
about FIVE hundred souls. Captain
FL. Moses, the Mayor and
General Manager of the Sheffield
Land Company, bias the finest resi-
leuce in the place, which probably
cost $4,000. We are indebted to
Japt. Moses for many courtesies
in Sheffield, for which we ex.
end our thanks.
Hotel de Cleveland occupies no
Insignificant place in this paper
ity, since it is the only house in
Thich the traveller can refresh him
elf, and we hope in the future to
70 delivered from such refresh
rents as are served there. No won
the President has rheumatism
18th such a namesake. There is a
ostoflce, telegraph Office, water
'orks, five business houses, a public
,hool building, at which there are
bout fifty pupils in attendance
lsh and blind factory, brick ma
line and one whisky mill, where
re best dead. shot is sold in QuaHti
es to suit the purchasers. There
now about twenty or thirty leSi-
ences aud a few tenement houses
nd one graded avenue. One furn. :
nee is in course of construction,
nd this constitutes Sheffield as it .
, the balance is on paper.
The Sheffield Star has not risen
Dove the horizon, but is still on
e other side of the river. We
)pe sOOn to sec it shining brightly
I'd shedding light wherein it goes
r BARR ing the ''patent outside"
3 think it a good paper. ,
There seems to be quite a spirit
speculation in buying aud selling
as one lot often changes hands
halt dozen times in a day, each :,
lrchaser getting an advance upon
9 last. The thought Of a perma.
mt investment is not the question. :
SELL aud get gain" is the idea. !
The iron and coal fields from !
hich Sheffield expects to draw I
.m to operate the five or six '
rnaces, which are contemplated, I
twenty miles away. In that l
Irticular Birmingham has the adj .
Intages over Sheffield, being sit Z
tied near its mineral regions, v
nee can manufacture iron cheaper. u
We did not buy any Sheffield
nd. A poor country editor could
yer hope to reach the figures at S
lich lots are held there, and we b
ire satisfied with what we carried
ray with rs on our shoes. :,
From Sheffield We went to Flor. :"
ce in a buggy, a distance of three u
les. We spent a pleasant day Il
ere. 1t has about 1900 inhabi- d
IT'S, aud is at the bead of naviga- tc
of the Tennessee river, an adj q
ntage which has greatly inriched fc
population. This town is said b,
be seventy years old, aud has tt
'ough all these years enjoyed oil
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